9780262524407-0262524406-The Logic of Political Survival (Mit Press)

The Logic of Political Survival (Mit Press)

ISBN-13: 9780262524407
ISBN-10: 0262524406
Edition: Revised
Author: Alastair Smith, Randolph M. Siverson, Bruce Bueno De Mesquita
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: MIT Press
Format: Paperback 550 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780262524407
ISBN-10: 0262524406
Edition: Revised
Author: Alastair Smith, Randolph M. Siverson, Bruce Bueno De Mesquita
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: MIT Press
Format: Paperback 550 pages

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The Logic of Political Survival (Mit Press) (ISBN-13: 9780262524407 and ISBN-10: 0262524406), written by authors Alastair Smith, Randolph M. Siverson, Bruce Bueno De Mesquita, was published by MIT Press in 2004. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Economics (Economics, International Business, Political, Philosophy) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Logic of Political Survival (Mit Press) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Economics books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $5.36.

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The authors of this ambitious book address a fundamental political question: why are leaders who produce peace and prosperity turned out of office while those who preside over corruption, war, and misery endure? Considering this political puzzle, they also answer the related economic question of why some countries experience successful economic development and others do not. The authors construct a provocative theory on the selection of leaders and present specific formal models from which their central claims can be deduced. They show how political leaders allocate resources and how institutions for selecting leaders create incentives for leaders to pursue good and bad public policy. They also extend the model to explain the consequences of war on political survival. Throughout the book, they provide illustrations from history, ranging from ancient Sparta to Vichy France, and test the model against statistics gathered from cross-national data. The authors explain the political intuition underlying their theory in nontechnical language, reserving formal proofs for chapter appendixes. They conclude by presenting policy prescriptions based on what has been demonstrated theoretically and empirically.

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